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Workshop talks conservation of rare langur in Kon Tum

A workshop on the conservation of the grey shanked douc langur in the Central Highlands province of Kon Tum took place at Mang Den ecotourism site in the province’s KonPlong district on March 25.
Workshop talks conservation of rare langur in Kon Tum ảnh 1At the event (Photo: www.nhandan.com.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) –A workshop on the conservation of the grey shanked douc langur in the CentralHighlands province of Kon Tum took place at Mang Den ecotourism site in theprovince’s Kon Plong district on March 25.

The event was held bythe Forest Management Department of the province, Greenviet BiodiversityConservation Centre and Fauna & Flora International (FFI).

Reports from scientists,administrators and local authorities were delivered at the workshop, proposingsolutions to protect the wild animal in the locality.

Vietnam is home tobetween 1,500 to 2,000 primates of this kind in forests across Quang Nam,Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Kon Tum and Gia Lai provinces. It is included in theInternational Union for Conservation of Nature red list as one of the world’s25 most endangered primates.

In 2016, a surveyconducted by the FFI found Kon Plong district is home to 500 of the animals.-VNA
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